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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem; Oregon, Friday Morning January 22, 1937
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v-'i- "No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe".
..:?' , .From First Statesman, March 28. 1851
. .. Charles A. Sprague - - Editor and Publisher
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Union Leajnie Admits Democrats
THE Boston Transcript, commenting on the opening of the
Union League club of New York to democrats, heads its
.1. editorial: "A Citidel Falls' V It is indeed a citadel that
has fallen for the Union League clubs have been the home of
high-caste republicans ever since the Civil war. Even now the
admission of democrats in the New York club is limited to
men holding "fixed and sound principles and those demo
crats who qualify under this rule will feel quite at home in
the club. . . ;
! While in later years the Union League clubs in the great
cities Of the north were chiefly social in character the origin
al clubs were founded on very definite principles. In 1862 se
cret societies sprang up for the support of the union cause.
-Naturally most of the members were republicans. By 1864
these societies became known as Union League clubs. They
exerted a great influence in the north in keeping the fires of
- Unionism burning during the dark days of the civil war.
It was a convention of Union League clubs meeting in
Baltimore which renominated Abraham Lincoln in 1864. It
1 ivas not strictly speaking a convention of the Republican par
ty. In fact in May the radical republicans .had nominated
John C. Fremont. As the tide of victory set in for the north
LincolnTs reelection became Imore certain. - But it was the
; tynion LeagUelciubs which stood by him and t&e national un
bn at the -critical period: S ' : ' ?-V;
In the south after the war the Union League organiza-
" tion became ameans by which republican carpet baggers
Controlled politics of the former confederate states. With the
rise ofthe Ku Klux Klan the league power jwas broken. The
grip of the democratic" party on the south is due perhaps as
tnuch to the bad administration of the republicans in carpet
bagger days as to the bitterness left by the war.
JJ Northern cities retained their Union League clubs, still
imited in membership to republicans, growing more and
more into exclusive social clubs as the initial cause for their
organization receded in significance. At present the clubs
may not be powerful, politically but for those who know the
history of the civil war there lingers a halo of patriotic de-
- votion about the name Of "Union League'.
' Good Conduct Credits I
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AMONG the, earliest devices to mitigate j the severity of
prison sentences and to encourage good discipline with
in . in the penitentiary was the allowance of credits for good
conduct Oregon established such a system by law in the ear
ly 60's, long before the parole system was thought of. Later
when the parole law was passed the good conduct allowance
was done away I with. We are by no means! certain however
that the good time credits were abolished ass relating to pris
oners outside the parole classification. The Fehl case did not
come under that class. To clarify the situation it seems prop
er to reenact a Law to allow credit for good prison conduct to
operate to reduce the time of incarceration. As a stimulus
t good order in the penitentiary such a provision would be
highly beneficial, giving the prisoner some jreward for good
deportment. ! ' . i .... ' '
, There is no easy answer to the problems of sentence and
parole. It is highly desirable to reclaim as many to society as
possible ; but the record of parolees who go wrong shows that
it is easy for an ex-prisoner to go wrong again. When men
are paroled some form of supervision seems advisable to
prevent an early lapse into crime. I - -ji
The subject of crime and the criminal lis one which de
serve the careful deliberation of the legislature; and close
study of the recommendations
authorities on the matter.
; Every once in a while soma one blows i off steam about
the large number of aliens who have entered this country il
legally. It is urged that these be deported, j and the inclina
tion goes farther toward the ousting of aliens who did enter
lawfully but have not become naturalized. TjTie evil from the
aliens here seems to be exaggerated. Undefr recent restric
tions of immigration and heavy outward jndvement of those
formerly admitted there has been an actual decrease in the
alien population of some 229,000 since 1932. An additional
45,000 have been deported. Not many get by ithe borders ; and
-'after they do they are of ten
doubtful if a round-up would
to alter the situation if all of
v - ;'4-; ; County
r' seems a pity that the time of the legislature should be
taken up with special bills relating to salaries of officers
of particular counties, or relating to hours of closing coun
ty offices in a single county. One bill has been introduced to
fchange the salary of the constable in a particular city. AH of
this is expensive and time-consuming; and in the end the leg
islation is not beneficial because it is special and is apt to
' create unfair disparities. . f
U In the state of Washington salaries of county officials
are fixed by a schedule according to population. Some such
classification based either on population or on assessed valu
ation, or on both might be worked out which would provide a
fixed scale . for the counties of the - state. Standard
ftours for county offices might be fixed by law with dev-
'tations permitted, like Saturday; afternoon holidays, on au
thority of the county court in the county concerned,
j , The resistance to a county classification will come from
counties which have put through special legislation and got
ten their salaries up to a high level. Klamath county is one of
them. But the distortion there is evidence that a schedule is
needed to provide fairer treatment of county of ficials over
the state. It is suggested that the matter be left to each coun
ty; but the county has no legislative body as a county. The
legislature is the place to make the reform, which ought to
come by making a scale and not by special legislation for
particular officers in particular counties. 1
. j Marion county pays very shabby salaries to its county
officials and deputies. If a general schedule is not adopted
then special action should be taken to pay better salaries
here.
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Indoor Inauguration M
MARCH 4th was always berated as a foul date for an in
augural because of the brand of weather apt to prevail.
Moving the date forward into the winter makes even
more certain an inaugural day of storm and cold. The first
January 20 inauguration struck" one of the foulest days of
the season. . - . ; ' c . N44:-
T If the date is to remain Jan. 20 and that seems sure for
an indefinite period then changes should be made in the ar
rangements. The inauguration and, the speech-making should
be done indoors. Loud speakers and radios can carry the
story to other halls as they do the homes and offices over the
nation. - - - " - - 5
1 Many of the men in public life are ageing. The exposure
ii not good for them. Wednesday the public was so uncom
fortable in the cold rain that people quickly desertedUthe
ecene. In the future provision should he oude that the impor
tant events take place Indoors, at least If .t! weather Is bad
as It was-this year. . j. "
board and other
picked up and deported. It is
show enough aliens on relief
them were shipped back home.
Salaries j
of the parole
Bits for
Breakfast
By R. J. HENDRICKS
Burning ot the. . ; -. 1-83-36
blatorle Bennett '
boase in early part i
ot legislature of 1887:'
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1! (Concluding from yesterday:)
The next pretentious hotel la Sa
lem was the TJnon house, on the
corner south of the present Mar
on hotel. . I
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' The Unon house came from
moTiog up from Front street one
block east the two story residence
that had been erected by Thomas
Powell, blacksmith, and adding It
onto the east end .of the store
building erected on the northeast
Wrner of Commercial and Ferry
strets. : .- !i : -T : i r i
That store building was erected
by Thomas Cox In the winter of
1847-8, to accommodate the first
store in Salem the goods brought
across the plains from Illinois in
13 covered wagons drawn by oxen
and on from the Cascades' sum
mit on the Barlow route by 60
pack horses manned by Indians,
the snow having become too deep
for the wagons to move further.
The store building had a sec
ond floor, living quarters for the
Cox family, and, rebuilt and rear
ranged, the Union house became
a j strong rival to the Bennett
house. ., . T- .
I'As all full sessions of the legis
lature after that of 1852-3 were
held hear the four corners center
ing at . Commercial and Ferry
streets for the next 24 years, the
Union house was much favored lh
location. I
Occasional squibs in old publications-
and letters . Indicate that
the Union honse was a fashionable
and gay place; for the putting up
and entertainment of the leading
people of the; territory and the
state, including the high officials
and the members of the legisla
tive sessions., j. : ; ir
For long-years the iegislatures
and principal territorial and state
offices were housed across and
diagonally across the street. In
buildings yet standing; the last
named being the Statesman block,
originally erected (its first floor)
fof the use of the Willamette
Woolen mill the first on this
coast; the one that was burned
May 2, 1876; t that stood where
the mills of the Lee mission In the
first building erected here i by
whites stood; j where , the south
Laxmer -warehouse now stands.
Many activities were carried
on In the old I Bennett house. It
has been noted that the snrveyer
general's office for Oregon was
housed there. So was the Oregon
supreme court. ,
One of the! first schools was
conducted there, by Lizzie Boise
and her sister; Mrs. SpUler; the
last named became principal of
the' preparatory department of the
University of Oregon at Eugene.
They taught before Salem had a
public school system.
W s s
The reporter who wrote np the
Bennett house fire spoke of a tra
dition that Capt Chas. Bennett
had; been an old sea captain. It-Is
not likely that he had. been such;
not for a long time, anyway.
Lettering on. his tombstone In
the SOdd Fellows' cemetery, be
sides showing he was the discov
ered of gold In California, gives his
age at 44 years. 3 months, 20 days.
Her was killed In the engagement
following the death of Peopeo
moxmox, near Walla Walla, Dec.
7, 1855. I
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Stephen Staats and John Mar
shall were with Bennett (all from
thei Salem district) when gold was
discovered, Jan. 24, 1848, In Sut
ter's mill race.j Staats, ! prominent
Oregon pioneer!, always said Ben
nett saw the yellow metal first.
Staats knew Bennett in 1835 when
he was a subordinate officer In
Co ; A. U. S. dragons, at Fort
Leavenworth, j f
Bennett got his title of captain
by getting that office m a volun
teer) company organized In 1848
at j Daniel Waldo's place in the
Waldo Hills. The company later
was! known as the Oregon Rang
ers', i ;
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They helped; celebrate the 4 th
of; July that year, where the an
cestral Bush, home Is now,; back of
Mission street, when j W. O.
T Vault, noted early Oregon pio
neer; orated. The celebration. In
stead of having a grand ball,
wound up the evening with a ser
mon j by Rev. Harvey Clark. Ap
propriate, for Salem town, found
ed! by Methodist missionaries. :
They made ithe eagle scream
loudly and twisted the i British
lion's til lustily, making faces at
its big bad boy, the Hudson's Bay
company not knowing the Inter
national , boundary question had
been; settled over two weeks be
fore, June 15. 184C. But news
traveled slowly then. I
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In the 18E5 general Indian war,
when all the tribes joined to end
the white race and stop 'covered
wagon Immigration, Chas. Bennett
was again a captain, leading a
company which took- as private
such men as L. F..G rover, after
war I congressman, governor, U.
S. senator, etc, and had as 1st
lieutenant A. m. Fellows, one of
the four organizers of the First
Congregation! church : of Salem,
on July 4, 1852.
-That company made Chief peo
peomoxmox. Cay use leader, a
prisoner, and killed him when he
tried i to escape. In the same en
gagement, near Walla Walla,
Wash.. Capt. Bennett was killed.
Since Bennett was only 24 in
188 5 i when Staats knew him at
Fort Leavenworth, and he came
with the 1884 covered wagon Im
migration to Oregon, when James
W. Marshall came--Staats com
ing in 1845 and he was active
here and la California from 1844
on j It: fs not probable that he was
"a a old sea captain.", When would
he . have had the timet
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John Hendershott mrrried Capt.
Bennett's widow. They ran the
hotel presumably till 1862, when
Mrs. Hugh Harrison took charge
Interpreting
By MARK
r ATONDALB,. PA., Jan. 21 If
something that has not occurred
for a century and a half before is
news, . then this
deserves a head
line: ;
My next neigh
bor, ,on this
P e n n s y lvanla
farm, Mr. Dud
ley Cole, driving
home from the
Tillage In the
winter early
dark, the other
- Mars smiiw evening, saw his
neauugnis iocus on an animal. At
ursi glance, he supposed it was a
young cow strayed from a nearby
neiu. uui xne small, high-held
head told him it was not a raw
and the white flash of the taiL
suuaeaiy raisea nigh m alarm,
and the quick bound Into a road.
side thicket told him It was a
aeer he had seen.
i, ; Another neighbor. . a week or
two before, va told ' one eve
ning by his wife that during the
anernoon she had seen three
deer in the meadow. Skeptical,
ne iook tne statement as an. ex
ample either of woman's great
er credulity or her less acute ob
servation. But the following day,
on the sandy banks of the mea
dow creek, he found the anthen
tic hoor-tracks of a buck and
two tloes. '
There are of course many plac
es in the united States' a wild
deer is not an uncommon sight.
Ana since deer began to .have
rigid legal protection in New
England and New . York state,
occasional ones have been seen
almost on the fringes of the out
er suburbs of New York city. But
I was born on this farm, and
happened to have exceptional fa
miliarity with the local lore of
the community, and I am con
fident it is fully a century and
a half Blnce the' last wild deer
was seen In this neighborhood.
The death of the last local
Indian is authenticated by mem
orlal markers set up by the coun
ty historical - society; she was
"Indian Hannah'' - and she fig
ures in a rather important Am
erican novel.' She died in 1802
and she had long survived her
tribe in this locality. The deer
most have .disappeared long be
fore.
This community, about forty
miles west of Philadelphia, is
within the earliest settled part
of Pennsylvania, and one of the
earliest settled in ' the country.
The return ot the deer Is not due,
as elsewhere, to any retirement
of the human population we
know no snch thing as an "aban
doned farm." On the contrary.
Chester county, Pensylvanla, con
tinues to.be listed as it has been
for two ; centuries, , among the
most ' productive ' agricultural
counties in the country. Except
ing the wood lots on each farm.
It would be difficult to find an
acre that Is not either cultivated
or grazing meadow.
In the community talk, there
Is much speculation about what
has brought the deer back. The
nearest mountains are some fif
ty miles away, and these 'are
mountains more by local pride
than by elevation. In them is a
game reservation, fruit of a pol
icy of conservation Inaugurated
by GiffordPinchot when he was
governor some years ago. Some
thirty miles' in another direction,
near the mouth of the Susquehan
na river, is a strip of poor land
we call "The Barrens," a belt
of stunted oaks and gnarled
pines, fertile only in murky le
gends about ancient highwaymen
and the fates of lonely travelers.
Where the k barrens approaches
Chesapeake Bay, a considerable
tract , of land has been restored
partly to wild conditions by the
National Boy Scout ' organiza
tion. From either of these sources
our deer could have come. But
they have had to cross at least
a score and a half of miles of close
ly settled farms and villages. Some
Instinct, timorously emerging af
ter generations of hard pursuit,
must have told them of a new spir-
Winners Listed,
Poster Contest
; AURORA, Jan. 21 The win
ner ot the poster contest in the
Roily Truitre Followers health
club waa Benson Yarne. The first
prize was a book donated by Lloyd
Glrod. the principal. Jean Snyder
won the second prize and Janet
Fleischhauer, third prize. Honor
able mention waa given to Dan
Flelsehman. Vera a Kiel. Edward
Yarne, Phaen Sayre. Vida' Parson.
Mary Wisdom, Lorraine Freder
ickson, Orpha Kauffman and Ice
land Armstrong.
i Henry Hoffman, a member ot
Pancake Pete's cooking club,, was
taken to a Portland hospital Jan
nary 18 for a minor operation.
Eugene Adams, a member of the
Aurora Hiking Dee's Forestry club
has moved to Portland.
Many members of the different
4-H clubs are trying out for the
Marlon county 4-H radio program.
Janet Fleischhauer is scheduled
to give a short talk; Phaen Sayre,
Jr., will play a violin solo; Ed
mund By Foon will sing. Others
who expect to take part are VI da
Parson. Lowell Sayre, Lorraine
Frederickson, Orpha Kauffman
and Leland Armstrong.
ot it. As noted above, John Gaston
took charge In 18 65. H. Keyes was
Its proprietor in 1871. but Its name
had been changed to the Avenue
house for WUlsoa avenue.
The new Sutter book of Julian
Dana has a paragraph indicating
that Capt. Bennett may have been
mixed up In the killing of a man
in California. i
t Capt. Bennett's widow was mar
ried to John Hendershott and also
to a man named Ward. The writer
has searched but failed to find
anything about Ward; whe he
was, or what became of him. or
how Hendershott. was disposed of
or disposed of himself in order to
allow a legal marriage to Ward
if it was a legal one.
the News
SULLIVAN
It ' of friendliness, . certainly the
friendliness" is here. We will not
Jegrudge them what they may
nibble from our: fodder-stacks if
they, are driven to that after the
ground is snow-covered. ...
The spirit of the community is
hospitable to the returning wild,
Harvey Cook each fall goes
. through his meadow setting
into the I ground here and
there stieks about - three feet
high, with the tops sharpen
ed. When the snow comes he takes
tars of sweet corn,- hollows out
the pith of the cob,-and places an
ear upright : on each sharpened
stick. He renews the supply two
or three times a week so long as
snow and ice. cover the meadow,
making Che ordinary food of the
birds difficult to get at. The quail
and pheasants express their appre
ciation by increased confidence.
Last summer, during weekends
when I came here, my "morning
alarmer" was not the lark of Eng
lish poetry but the other, and I
a sorry to say, less musically-voiced,
English . bird, the pheasant. A
male of the species took our vege
table garden as his summer try
sting place. I sometimes wished he
might have chosen more secluded
spot. His morning love-call seem
ed, to a human sleeper, a raucous
squawk, but I suppose it waa se
ductive to those to whom nature
intended it to be so. The pheas
ant, of course, is not a native bird,
but his bright colors have become '
a frequent and agreeable addition '
to our neighborhood scene, ; as
a result of importation and breed
ing .begun by Governor Pihehot
some ten years ago.
It is only friendliness that can
save our wild life. As objects of :
pursuit they fight a hopelessly
losing battle year by year, rifles
and guns are lengthened In range,
increased in . accuracy; year by
year, powder grows more potent,
all ammunition .more effective;
year by year, improved roads push
farther and farther Into the nat
ural fastnesses of the wild. All the
forces of destructireness grow
deadly. The animal's defenses of
speed, or -wariness, or coloration
cannot grow greater.
L
ove
CHAPTER XXXIII .
"Well!" somebody said, "thafa
a party old song!"
An old man. a little wizened old
man with a squint in one eye. was
leaning over the fence, smiling at
her.
She smiled back, warmly. "Yes,
it's an old-timer, all right. My Dad
used to sing it. Nice day. isn't it
"Yes, it's a puxty day. Purty
posies you got there." -
' Aren't, they? I m so proud of
them because I raised them from
seed. Well, I'll have to be going
In, to put them In water. Good
bye!" The old man opened the gate.
Hold on a minute, he said.
Hold on a minute . . . That was
something else Dad used to say.
And there was something about
him ... He didn't look like Adol-
pbus really. He was little and
Adolphus was big. His face was
pinched and Adolphus' was broad.
Besides this old man was cross
eyed. . i
Still, there was a something
about him . . . a certain look
about him
"Is this No. 4037"
"Why, yes it is!"
She took another look at him.
Could he be a collector 7 His
clothes, his hat, his tie every
thing was brand new.
"Well! That's why I thought.
Howdy! You wouldn't know me,
but I come into town on a kind of
business deal, or you might say,
on a visit. Yes, sir; on a visit. So
thought I might drop around.
that is it you was agreeable to it."
"Why, of course! Won't you
come In?"
"Thankee don't mind if I do.
Excuse me " he beamed upon
her again. "Had to get rid of my
chewin' tobaccy. Folks don't chew
much in town nowadays."
He came up the steep, rocky
walk as easily as she did. A spry
old fellow. i
"You must be from up Jackson
way, but I Just can't place you!"
"Jackson? Well, I been there, a
good many years ago. but Angels
is my hangout. I'm most always
around there in the winter. Sum
mers I most generally prospect.
Yes, sir; come spring I start
oat"
"Yon must have known my
Dad- . '
They were oa the front porch
Ten Years Ajjo
January 22. 1027
Charlea A. Howard, state inn.
erlntendent of public instruction.
yesterday announeea a tentative
plan for reorganising the work
of accrediting music teacher
outside of public schools.
Will : Moore, ' - state .. . Insurance
commissioner, submitted his res
ignation to Governor Patterson,
will locate ta Eastern Oregon
where he has property interests.
W. C. Culbertson of Portland.
Sam A. Koxer and George A.
White are on a committee to
work out additional safeguard
in handling of loans under world
war veterans state aid act. :
Twenty Yix Ago
Jamarr 82. 101T u
C. V. Faulkner, appointed
member vof Salem police force at
the first f the year, has submit
ted his resignation ; to . Chief
Cooper. . -
Superior speed and experience
were responsible for a 28 to 11
victory tor Multnomah : Athletic
club over Willamette, university
varsity. . ;., & , : , ,, t. r-
Arrangements have been made
for the Walte Memorial 'foanUin
in Willsoa park tor play Tuesday
and Thursday nights while state
legislature la ta session.
"No halt-baked pies lets have
t I -4, .
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'.ML m2f
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s Litany
now, and she was holding the
door open for him to . enter the
house. . .'. ' j. . 1 , '
He turned to her. hia good eye
squinted almost shut like the oth
er, as he shook with soundless
laughter. j
"Know him 7. Know old 'Dolph
well, I guess I did. Him and I
was old friends. you might say.
Long before your time, young lady.
But I was at your weddln. You
didn't know that, did you? Well,
I was there, U right Heh-heh-
heh! " . - ::. ' , I :
For a moment he was mlmost
overcome with the coughing fit
that followed his gust of snuf
fling, choking laughter. Then it
ceased as suddenly as it began and
he walked ahead ot Christie, into
.the house. j
r She put him in the most coin
tortable. chair, with a pillow be
hind him, and a footstool tor his
feet. I I
Maybe he . hadn't been a very
good friend ot dad's, and maybe
he hadn't been at her wedding
as he said, but anyway he was
old, and he had kaown Adolphus.
It Adolphus were living, and she
weren't there to look after him,
she'd like to think that someone
was good to him, petted and pam
pered him a bit. . j
"How would you like some-coffee
and home-made doughnuts?"
she asked him brightly.
"No, thank you. I never eat be
tween meals. Mighty kind of you,
though,: ma'am." ! j
"Then a glass of milk, Mr.
You haven't told me your name
yetr. .-' j j
The bad eye stared on undis
turbed, but the good eye wavered.
"Is that a tact? Well. Elbert is
the name. Elbert. Dolph always
used to call me Sam when we was
boys Just a little Joke name. Yes,
sir Just a Joke." i '
. "I'll get the milk."
"Yes,: sir, there ain't nothin 1
like better's a good drink of milk
unless it's a drink of somethin'
stronger." !
"Donald has some whisky.
would you rather hare that?" She
asked uncertainly, for his nose
was decidedly red, though I ot
course that might be sunburn.
. "Well, now. That WOULD be
nice!" - - ".. 1 -
? So she brought the bottle, a
bowl ot ice, and a siphon -of soda
with the glass on a tray. "Than
kee," he said. He Ignored -the soda
and ice. i " : -
While he sat there smoking a
"see-gar" which he took from! an
imposing array from his vest pock
et, getting better acquainted with
Donald's Scotch every: minute, she
put the flowers in water, and then
brought Donny in from his pen
on the back lawn. - j
Thl is my son! Hell look
handsomer in ,a minute when I
wash his face 'and pat on dean
rompers." ,' ( ;..-",
The baby reached willing arms
to the stranger. "Bye-bye?" jhe
hopefully. "Bye-bye?"
"No. darling Mr. Elbert does
n't want to hold you." - i
"Why, sure! I'm. handy with
kids. I'm a bachelor myself. Never
married.: But .every young un la
A ng e 1 s knows old rrrnmpht
Drat that cough t Knows old El
bert yes, sir that's what I said.
Well, ma'am, yon surprise me,
that's a. fact. Raisin' young un's.
and workln' around the place that
way unite a surprise." j
? "Why? No, Donny, dont play
with Mr. Elbert's cigars. Mr. El
bert, hell break them! Donny
no. no!":.: " ' . ' - - . ".
v "Oh, that's an right. More
where they come from! Go ahead
young man, hare your fan! Ae I
waa saying, you surprise me. Last
time X see yea, yen waa wearln
a train, lookin' like any society
girL" .
; She laughed, looked down; at
her pink and white cheeked ging
ham. -H- - ':-v:'-' j -.
"Then you WERE at my wed
ding! It was a lovely dress, want
.:' by
v Hazel Livingston;
it? Is,-1 mean, because I still wear
Jt without the train and the yell,
of course." ." . ! .-
He said: "I thought Dolph's
daughter would be sittin' in the
lap o - luxury footmen, bo win
and scrapln, takln' your ! platei
away before -you're finished and
all that kind of thing." j
"Where did yon get that idea?
Yon don't mind it I peel the po
tatoes while we re talking, do
you? You'll stay to dinner, of
course." ' , :
"No, ma'am, I couldn't do that
I'm afraid not." . ,
i "But. Donald that's my hus
band, you know will want . to
meet you! Couldn't you possibly
stay?" ; -
L "No, my friends would worry."
He chuckled ' again. soundlessly.
The good eye was fixed on her, Im
pishly.. - ji
; "Couldn't I telephone them- or
something?" j
"Jumpln geewhUllklna.' ' No;
No, they're kind of funny that-
away. They don't like me to go
around much. Too hospitable you
might say. But X tell 'em I'm hot
go m f be in town without seein
the movies, so I got out that way.
l m a great man for the movin1
pitchers. They don't change the
snows often enough." ' ;
"Don't they change them once
a week?" !
"Is once a week enough?" he
asked irritably. "Do you think
a man wants to go to the same
show every day? Well, ot course.
If I was busy I wouldn't care, but
here with nothin' to do, and no
friends "
"But you said you were staying
with friends." -
"Oh, them! Yes, sir, I did. But
they ain't as you would say, my
kind. Now, I had more fun this
afternoon. I hope your husband
won't mind if I lower his supply
some? I've had more f un'n I've
had since I. got here. A man can
feel t' home here." ; -
She thought of Dolph and his
pint-sise cup that he- liked to
drink his coffee out of. and the
fried potatoes and bread and ba
con he liked to eat in the kitchen.
Dear dad . . . he would hare
understood.
"Then you've Just got to stay
to dinner. Think how you can
help me. You take care ot Don
ny while I make a pie. Will
you?" - - . . . ' -,v. ..
- Hia face lit np. "Well. now. that
would be- fine," he said. Then the
good eye dropped' again. He rub
bed his red nose with the back ot
his hand. "No. ma'am, I cant , do
It tonight. I got to be gettfn' along.
But with your kind permission
I'll be around again tomorrow,
and I might stay longer, if I was
asked." ,.;.: . w.,- -.;.,. :rj
"Of course you're asked.'
He put the baby down on the
rug. -
"Shake on that! "
She watched him walk down the
path, and close the gate behind
him. Waved at him from the win
dow. She was still smiling to herself
when Donald came home, on time
for once, for dinner.
. "Schumann came into the lab
today. Dldat say much, bat he
was very interested. What's that
I tmell?"
1 "Braised beef. With onions.
Didn't he say you were oa the
right track? Oh, that's Donny t
Ho wont go to sleep. He got so
excited playing with Mr. Elbert."
Donald laughed, because It had
been a good day, and he really
thought that Schumann believed
in him. "Who's Mr. Elbert? Enter
taining more men while I'm out?"
. And ahe laughed,-too, because
she was happy. Yes. He's from
up the mountains. An old friend
ot dad's. , :
He whistled. rThat's luckr. Talk
to hint at all? -
"About the case you mean? No
I suppose I should have, but he
was so sort of pathetic, all dressed ;
up la uncomfortable new clothes.
I
'em well done!"
and ' sort of lonely, that X didn't
have the heart to be businesslike.
I think lie's coming again tomor
row, though! ' He drank most of
your Scotch." ".' -
The deuce he did I"
"Oh, well! The poor old fellow.
He was at our wedding, imagine
thatl And there's something about
him reminds me terribly of dad.
He's little, and he is sort ot cross
eyed." . -i " j i .
"Sounds just like the Jate Adol
phus!" i c
"Don't laugh, I'm serious. X know
it doesn't sound that way, but he
really does look like dad. It kind
of scares me!" - i 1
"You've got the most vivid im
agination!" ' ' -
He threw back his head and
laughed.
t.-j's ..,-.,".
Janet 'Wood came in the back
way to borrow some vanilla;
"Here I was, in-ihe middle of
the cakej and no vanilla. And X
had a bottle Wednesday. Do you
know what happened to it? Little
Walt takes it!"
"Drinks it? Oh Isn't that bad
for him?" -
"I suppose so, but he .doesn't
drink it. He puts it on his han
kies for PERFUME! Can you
imagine that? I slapped his hands
for getting into my perfume bot
tles, so he took to the vanilla. I
had to laugh. Now I know Where
those awful brown stains came
from, a'.l over his hankies. Ill
bring it right back. Christie. I
wouldn't dare trust Walt to run
over with it."
A man's voice rumbled through
the door from the living room.
"Company??, Janet whispered.
"No I mean, yes. That old
man I told you about. He's been
here every day for a week.'
Janet wrinkled her nose. "Can't
you do anything about it?
"Oh, I don't mind. He's sweet,
really. He positively takes full
care of Donny, and yesterday he
fixed the squeak In the screen door
and sharpened all my knives. 1
told you he used to know my fath
er, didn't I?"
Tes. Did you find out whether
he could help you in your case?
By the way; Isn't It coming np
soon?- - 7 ;
"I hope" so. The eighth of Au
gust is the date, but theyll prob
ably postpone it again. I wUh
I'd never started it"
(To be continued)
Commnnitr and Grange 1
Cooperative Election
:-. Is J Held at Fairfield
FAIRFIELD, Jan. 11 The
Fairfield grange and community
cooperative held Its .semi-annual
meeting at the grange hall re
cently. Directors were elected
Duke Ballweber, Frank Baalfeld
sr. and. Era 11 Cramer.
The one-act play. "The Neigh-!
him I. n :
- tij cars. v f.. -'
lenback. will be presented at the
hall Friday night, February I and
will be entered In the Marloi
county grange contest Chaiae
tere include Mrs. F. M. Hill. Mrs.;
M. J. Mahoney, Mrs. Duke Ball
weber, Mrs. Albert Glrod, Mrs. Al
lyn Nueora. D. B. m Rette, MIch-j
Mahoney IIL
Benton CJerkY Report !
Shows 0587 Balance in
Funds Budgeted for '3b
CORVALLIS. Jan, 11 With
money remaining- in the market
road and old age assistance funds
of the Ben ten county treasury, af
ter the 1I3C expenditures, the
county clerk's office reports a
total balance ot SS87.lt ta the
budgeted lands for the year.
a. aericit of S71Z.1 was not
ed la the total county road fund.
caused mainly by unanticipated
work on the Dead wood and Tara
pico roads, required by the state
highway department before it
would take them ever as secend
ary highways.